How do rare plant species respond to habitat fragmentation? We've been testing this question for the past 18 years, through demographic studies of a half dozen longleaf pine savanna groundlayer species in the SRS Corridor Project fragmentation experiment 🧪
Ellen Damschen
@edamschen.bsky.social
Plant community, spatial, & global change ecology. Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Views expressed are my own. She/her. Lab webpage: damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu
Each year, we offer several #awards for undergraduate & graduate botanical #research, training and symposia. Applications are open for this winter, the deadline for submissions Feb 15, 2025! Learn more and apply here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/ #botany #grants 🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾
We are hiring a full-time research manager to help launch a new field experiment to assess the role of seed traits and species composition on community assembly in restored tallgrass prairies! More details and application instructions are on our website: damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu/2024/12/04/h...
Hiring a Research Manager
The Damschen Lab in the Integrative Biology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is now accepting applications for a full-time Research Manager to implement a new community assembly an…
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Germination habits in three ring-cupped oaks: radicle (embryonic root) exiting from beneath the cap in Q. delavyi and Q. kerrii, both quick to germinate; from the tip in Q. schottyana, which undergoes longer dormancy. Great tubers on the two quick-germinating spp! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seed germination schedule and environmental context shaped the population genetic structure of subtropical evergreen oaks on the Yun-Gui Plateau, Southwest China - Heredity
Heredity - Seed germination schedule and environmental context shaped the population genetic structure of subtropical evergreen oaks on the Yun-Gui Plateau, Southwest China
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Accepting graduate student applications for Ph.D. student in Fall 2025 to work on community assembly mechanisms and prediction in restoration of plant communities. damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu/2024/10/21/a...
We have a LOT of opportunities for undergraduate student researchers this summer and beyond. Application review is starting! See top three blog posts for details and how to apply: damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu
I have a postdoc position in Landscape Ecology 🧪🌍 Please RP #BES2023 on identifying how surrounding landscape composition and historical management influence rates of plant community change and occurrence, today and in the future. Collaboration with CEH in UK. See alt text www.su.se/english/abou...
REU openings with the SRS Corridor Project to study fragmentation effects on plants and insects! www.brudviglab.com/post/reu-ope...
Job opening for a #Botanist at a great #Herbarium at the Botany Dept. at UW-Madison (Wisconsin), a wonderful campus. Apply by 15 Feb 2024.
Herbarium Collections Manager - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS) within the Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks applicants for a permanent Collections Manager. With a collection of >...
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